Spearfishing in MASSIVE CAVES in Sicily, Italy 🇮🇹
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- Опубликовано: 20 авг 2022
- In this episode we are in the beautiful island of Sicily, Italy. The Mediterranean is a very difficult place to dive and it takes some adjustments to get used to how spooky the fish are. However we still find some beautiful fish including corvina, dentex and gilt head bream. The landscape is simply stunning and we locate some epic underwater caves!
Massive thank you to Cristian for taking us out diving. Please go show his channel some love!
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Goosebumps! What amazing days we had ! We will go back for a big cernia! Ciao!
Absolutely, maybe in shoulder season when there are less boats. 😁
Is it possible to harvest spiny lobster or any other lobster in sicily ? i am hoping to return to palermo next year. ciao!!!!
No, all crustaceans in Italy are protected.
Grande cristian😎
Once again a great vid Dan! Looking forward to the next one. Keep it up!
Always a great day when Daniel Mann releases a new video! 🔱
Yep, the holiday sinus. We went to Bali and were recovering from a cold, really wrecked our charter. Kudos to you for putting up with that.
Always in the back of the mind and hard to deal with at the time. I try and just eat as much fruit and vegetables as possible to stay healthy.
Welcome to the Mediterranean mate…where the most bastards fishes live :)
At least now we have parrotfishes, which are amazing with pasta. So you will never go back home empty-handed. I enjoy your videos so much! Well done!
Can’t wait to give this a watch, your videos are always a good time
One conger in 2 days, Daniel you have really test how is difficult to spearfishing in italy 🤣🔝
I did better in Puglia!
Another great video! Absolutely loving the videos from ur travels, thank you for sharing!!
Cheers Ben!
The oratta, or orada as we call them are the most careful fish you can encounter in the Adriatic, you either totally surprise them or you don't get them at all....
In the Ionian Sea as well I had trouble with them. Also some success!
@@DanielMann It's like they know they have a target on theirs backs.
thank for the visit, this video confirms that the fish in sicily are more active than others, watching other videos I didn't understand how people manage to get so close to the fish in other parts of the world, now I understand. we have the most frightened fish in the world 🤣
È vero se vedi nei Caraibi vedi la gente con i pesci da 5kg a due metri e non li sparano! 😂
Visiting Sicily just got added to my bucket list.
Really worth going, the wine and food scene is fantastic.
Your videos are so gorgeous that it’s nearly bearable waiting for the new ones to drop. Quality (and world travel) takes time I know; we’re spoiled.
Kind words, thank you! The best is yet to come.
Christian appears to be a great fellow. How lucky to have him as a guide and now as a friend.
Cristian is a superb gentleman and I’m sure we’ll be diving together in the U.K. soon.
Such a great footage as always
I would only go in that cave if I had gills
About the bream fish... Here in Croatia, I just swim and then when I spot the fish I do not look at the fish straight forward from the surface. Just a little with side eye so I can get close, dive in and with it starts to swim away I shoot
Because I can not stay underwater for more then 40 sec on 5 meter depth haha
This is awesome. I am looking to retire to sicily shortly and I have been so excited to get back into spear fishing. I got into it while stationed in Hawaii while in the Army and have missed it!
Looks amazing there, so glad you are out of the UK and really pursuing your fishing adventures. Stoked for you and loving the vids! 🤙🏼
Cheers! I oddly miss the U.K. diving though.
@@DanielMann Probably because a least go home with fish. Haha... Looks tough in the Mediterranean.
Great video mate! Can’t wait for the next one!
Cheers James!
Well done, very cool, enjoying your adventures!
thanks you for the greate job with the videos. Looking forward till the next one :)
Cracking video cant wait to see more of your Mediterranean magic Dan
Cheers Liam!
Good to see you posting Sir. I have to let you know I just got back from two weeks in Alsaka. I had to use your tag line while there a couple times.... Hali butt. Only got to dive two days but got a couple that way and the rest on rod and real. Loaded up on halibut , 3 kinds of salmon ,rockfish, and rainbow trout.
Sounds like a fantastic trip. Would love to try and spear a salmon.
@@DanielMann ... didn't try to but there were so many at the mouths of the rivers you could of gotten at least 3 or 4 with a well placed shot and the right gun. Didn't shoot any big butts, 85lbs was the biggest but it was a blast.
85lb is perfect for eating though 💪
Great work compliments Daniel.
I swear, i could watch these videos the whole day, so enjoyable!!!
Thank you!
Yeah baby!! beautiful content bru!
Thank you!
Happy travels Daniel! What a stunning place to dive. You wouldn't get me into those caves. 😱
Cheers Hobot!
Hello from New Jersey, USA🇺🇸. Again thanks for the video. Always enjoy your trips👍
Well done Daniel on a really amazing edit. Fantastic job on putting your story together.
Daniel just for some prospective how deep are you diving. The water is just so clear so it makes it so hard to judge. Well done mate and keep them coming.
Thank you! Mostly around 10-15m due to the thermocline but sometimes down to 26m in this video.
Thanks for the video is very enjoyable 😀
Just made my first trip to Sicily. Can't wait for my 2nd one, Palermo!
Excellent video ... thanks.
Once again, these are great footage composed into a very entertaining and beautiful video! I'm getting bad wanderlust and can't wait to try my luck in Corsica in 6 weeks.
Keep up the good work!
Thank you! Corsica is beautiful, I was there in April. Unfortunately it’s very expensive compared to other parts of Europe!
Beautiful video! Those mediterranean dentices probably haunt your nightmares at this point
Seabreams are very easy to shot if you ambush them right, Great video as always
castellammare del golfo is where my fathers family is from. Ive been there a couple times. amo la sicilia.
Any tips for learning to exhale properly in a dive mask? I keep exhaling, involuntarily, through my nose just a bit and end with a small mask leak after the first 20 seconds or so.
Another awesome banger D Mann
Cheers Dan!
Good one again Daniel. That critter looked like a Balmain Bug!
Similar species but a lot more rough texture on the outside. Super expensive in restaurants too.
Nice video! I’m looking forward to Sicily myself. Still stuck in the US.
That rubber colour change tho :) @ the first dive. as an irish based spearfisher, i feel much jealous about the viz. great vieo, again
Daniel one of the things that could help you a lot in chasing those dentex is to keep the gun hidden next to your body while you swim down, and once close to the bottom keep it hidden by the rocks until you are ready to shoot.
I definitely did a lot of things wrong on that dive. Sinuses were making so much noise that probably scared them off 🤣
Just found this channel. Very inspirated. Great video. Dife safe. Regard from Indonesia
Those caves are are amazing! Would be good fun to explore.
How did you process the congar? Got a trick to deal with the bones?
new vid !! YES !! ...PEACE OUT
Awesome man, I've loved every single video of yours, and have learnt so much so quick, I see you've been busy in my homeland NZ with the wettie team, really hoping you'll be doing a video of your visit??
Are you using a DSLR or a mirrorless camera for your out of water footage, it looks bloody so good🤙
Hey Kai, thanks mate. I’m using a Sony A7S3 for my topside stuff 👌
ur videos are too good keep it up mate
Great videos, in thermisia greece, and your videos help teach alot ,
What a beautiful place.
Footage doesn’t do it any justice.
what kind of flashlight are you using? I'm looking for a light that I can use for diving and hiking do you know if that exists?
This is the orca d710 but it needs to be submerged or it gets really hot.
Wow am here first,,😁,,thanks for the beautiful content Dan,,🇱🇨👊🏼👍🏼♥️
Thanks for coming Robert 💪
@@DanielMann watch all your videos Bro,,😁,,and 👍🏼 Too
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Would love to see some videos while you're in Auckland!
They are coming!
Love videos very much, like every one of them , If you come to croatia we could go spearfishing together or fue of us , close to city Zadar .
06:00 how did you shoot so close with an Orca fully loaded and you and you did not twist the tip of the shaft?? anyone can explain to me?!
Very good video as always
Thank you!
Nice to see your wife taking part in the video too 👍
polosub, che garanzia!
How deep you go in apnea! Wow amazing video Sicily is fantastic
Not much more than 30m
@@DanielMannwow and your aim is amazing thanks for sharing the video very very cool!
best time to start equalizing is during the trip to the boat before you leave. and then constantly the entire ride
My Orca is identical to yours. Such nice guns!
Hey Daniel, just curious about the amount of weight you are using when you are in Norway with that thick rubber on? Between the neoprene and the additional weight, are you dive time affected greatly?
Hey Christopher, you balance the two out so it’s not that bad. However the thicker suit is harder to move in so you get tired more easily. You’re also not doing super long dives in Norway so not that much of a problem.
@@DanielMann thank you very much for the info, very appreciated. Was diving in 7mil on the weekend. They are restrictive for sure. Thanks again. ~ chris
Any tips for spear fishing in the Adriatic, I’m having a really tough time in Croatia because there isn’t a lot of fish… and I’m a beginner
I would suggest very shallow water, early morning around sunrise or late afternoon sunset.
Just try to slow down your moves when you are in water, and try to be quiet, fish in the Adriatic is very sensitive to that and it runs away even before you can see it. And try more searching in holes and caves, for beginner it is better option, you will catch more fish.
@@DanielMann thanks a lot, i really love your videos they actually got me into spearfishing
Start with pirka they dont swim away and are in very shallow waters and taste good
Love the videos! Would you happen to know of a spearfishing community in the Barcelona area that I could connect with? I'm a beginner
Cheers Joe, I’ve not done much in Spain but I’m sure there would have to be some Facebook groups.
Awesome video! Looking forward to the next one :)
Question: Do you bring all of your equipment when you travel? I'm guessing that your weightbelt must take up a lot of the allowed weight of your suitcase 😅 Or do you check-in an extra bag for your stuff?
Thank Rasmus! Yes I take all my stuff with me. I try and use the thinnest possible suits to carry the least amount of dive weights.
@@DanielMann Cool - thanks for your reply and hope to meet you in Denmark sometime! 😎
Hello Daniel,
I regularly watch your videos and always enjoy them, so keep them coming please!
I'm from South Devon and have been spearfishing for two years now, I'm currently in Scopello, Sicily!
I'm on holiday with my gf and have been poking my head into diving shops/tours to see if anyone has any info on spearfishing but I am being met with lots of blank faces, which I thought is strange as most of my gear is from Italy! But they keep saying sorry I don't know we just offer scuba diving tours,
Have you got any tips on where to look?
Cheers
Tom
Hi Tom, you'd probably have more luck if you go to the spearfishing store in Palermo. However I'm not sure many places would offer spearfishing tours. You'd pretty much have to get your own gear and try it out or find a local!
Shot a few giltheads in the med but never ever even seen a dentex while spearfishing there. I suppose the only way to have a chance shooting dentex is lying a long time waiting and being just enough concealed to make them curious. Great vid Daniel, I’ve been to Scopello, the places around there are stunning.
Interesting that this summer I would have seen a few hundred dentex. Lots of small ones but also some massive ones. Only saw big giltheads a handful of times.
@@DanielMann Btw : the region in the med that is really fishy is North Africa. I’ve been to Morocco and there’s lot’s of nice fish to be had there.
I’ve heard! Shame I can’t be in Tunisia next month for the euro African championship. I bet it would be nice.
Amazing video Daniel !! That conger is a bit too small to be caught, with that size you will only be eating bones ahaha , i always make sure they are at least 7/8 kilos but good job !! cheers from portugal
Watch out for the big white there😁
For sea bream, once you're sure it sees you, you have to back off and hide behind a rock or posedonia, so it will definitely be curious and run to you.
Trick that I have learned when I was ten
I'm looking for a freediving club in London. I could not find much infos on the web. Can someone help me?
Very curious to see how you did here in Puglia, but I guess it was not the top season probably to be around here. Would have been nice to see you casually walking around anyway
Was in June/July. Had lots of a fun diving and some successes 👌
@@DanielMann june/july there are some good size mahi and alletterati around, hope you found some! I will find out soon I reckon...
Hi Daniel, Castellammare is beautiful place, this is where I began Freediving. I am going to Ionian sea for sailing and freediving next week so we will be spearfishing also. I find in Mediterranean you need to dive at least 30+m for decent size fish. How deep did you dive in this trip? Greetings from Tenerife! 🤘
Hi Pavol, I dived the Mediterranean all summer and it’s certainly not the case you need to be at least 30m. I shot fish from 8-30m. In this video the deepest was about 26m on the cave with spiny lobsters but the dentex were above the thermocline at 13-14m.
What is the name of the fish at 8:25 ?
I think its a Brown meagre (Sciaena umbra).
I think I can see why there aren't many sharks in the Med, i've never been spearing and not come back with a feed here in Australia.
I love your videos bro, when I can't go in the water I watch your video as entertainment and your commentary over your videos a super professional 👌. You ever dive off an oil rig ?
Thanks Renaldo, never had the chance to dive an oil rig, sounds epic though.
Interested to see how you cooled the eel.
Bro, ricordati che la Sicilia e' Sicilia, 😎, 👋👉🇮🇹💪. E la prox volta: vieni a mangiare presso ristorante Fontanafredda che ti offro la cena 😎😉👌.
Amazing video!
Are you planning to go to corfu?
Went to Corfu twice this summer but only to transit to other places 👀
ohhh... you should have stayed there. It is very beautiful and theres good fish aswell. But maybe next time ;). I am looking forward for your next video!!
I was wondering how long you can hold your breath for and whats an average dive time? Do you work on breathing exercises and do you have any tips for a longer dive.
I have a video entitled Why you can’t hold your breath longer spearfishing. I’m sure it will help you. I don’t do any exercises, just keep fit and dive as much as possible.
We were freediving two years here off Scopello...smashed by Medusa's. Were there any jellies on your trip?
I didn't see any jellyfish on this trip.
great video filming bro., visit also here in the Philippines.
What type of diving light are you using?
Orca torch but have swapped to the Omer eyelight. Much better for spearfishing.
@@DanielMann Thanks my brother.
Great video Daniel! May I ask…what brand of speargun are you using now? I remember you used a timber gun for a long time.
This is the Orca evo 100. I haven’t used a timber speargun regularly for many years.
Love the video’s man !!! How you manage to stay under the water so long?
Dive lots and get comfortable in the ocean!
Did you swap your mask? What one are you using now
Using a mix of the Omer alpha wolf and Aqualung micro.
nice video idol...
Can you encircle or draw around your target.. we can barely see it on our screens.. ty
You have a great torch Daniel. May I ask how many Lumens is that torch?
No idea how many lumens but it’s the orcatorch D710.
Mantap keren banget salam kota Batam Indonesia 🇲🇨 lanjutkan
These rubber bands are from Sigal Sub's brand?
Yes
Ricordo un detto dei pescatori locali: non si va a mare con lo scirocco!
If you can catch fish in the MED, you will probably catch it anywhere.)
Italy seems beautiful but difficult. they do make really good spearfishing equipment. have you ever spearfished in california? its easy to me but i only know spearfishing in southern california.
Never dived in the States but the Italians certainly know a lot about spearfishing. Hence all the lovely equipment!
great
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Love the scene of you changing on the pier while putting modesty aside, because your excitement to go spear fishing rules all else.
Got to do what you got to do!
Is that fish from the 8th minute a brown meagre
Yes, known as corvina in Italy.
can't beat campari
ohhhhh
Hey Dan, great Video.
What glasses are you wearing?
Persol Typewriter PO3210S 👌
Have you tried Malta yet?
Yes, a few years ago and I made a video about it.
@@DanielMann I got to the 60m plateau on my 2 week instructor course in 1997 with the course director as we went to the blue hole in gozo..the others stopped short lol
60m is a huge dive!
@@DanielMann not with a tank lol